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MovieClip.lineTo() 537

MovieClip.lineTo()

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_mc.lineTo(x:Number,

y:Number) : Void

Parameters

An integer indicating the horizontal position relative to the registration point of the parent

movie clip.

y An integer indicating the vertical position relative to the registration point of the parent

movie clip.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; draws a line using the current line style from the current drawing position to (x, y); the

current drawing position is then set to (

x, y). If the movie clip that you are drawing in contains

content that was created with the Flash drawing tools, calls to

lineTo() are drawn underneath

the content. If you call

lineTo() before any calls to the moveTo() method, the current drawing

position defaults to (

0, 0). If any of the parameters are missing, this method fails and the current

drawing position is not changed.

You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass. For

more information, see “Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol” in Using ActionScript in Flash.

Example

The following example draws a triangle with a 5-pixel, solid magenta line and a partially

transparent blue fill:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle_mc", 1);

triangle_mc.beginFill(0x0000FF, 30);

triangle_mc.lineStyle(5, 0xFF00FF, 100);

triangle_mc.moveTo(200, 200);

triangle_mc.lineTo(300, 300);

triangle_mc.lineTo(100, 300);

triangle_mc.lineTo(200, 200);

triangle_mc.endFill();